Nintendo WII pre order only £180

Cactus_Jack

Babbler wrote:

Can pre-order at freemans as well...

Note that the cost of games seems to be arounf £55!

Games are going to retail at between £34-39 RRP, current gen prices rather than Xbox360/PS3 prices which are a tenner higher. The catalogue site must be pricing them up.

Wait a second..the Freeman's prices are ridiculous! It's £279.99 for the console and Zelda. £100 for a game!? Surely this is a mistake on their part - they can't try to rip people off so badly?

Totoriko

Not really a bargain since it's normal price
Also I doubt there'll be any shortage at launch

tin

WOAH! That is an [BLEEP]ing rip off!!! £113 in Japan = £180 over here. No f-ing way Nintendo. I know the UK usually suffers a higher price but 60% hike!? On your [BLEEP]ing expensive !!! bikes, Nintendo. Was gonna pre-order one too, no chance now.

mug51

by now you surely should have known that prices are more expensive in the UK than it is in the likes of America.

and it would be cheaper in Japan, because for some reason they are made there therefore they dont need to send the consoles 50 million miles around the world

littleange

The price has gone up :eek: , it was £145 a couple of days ago, at direct4games I think £170 now

biglugs

WOAH! That is an [BLEEP]ing rip off!!! £113 in Japan = £180 over here. No f-ing way Nintendo. I know the UK usually suffers a higher price but 60% hike!? On your [BLEEP]ing expensive !!! bikes, Nintendo. Was gonna pre-order one too, no chance now.

Don't blame Nintendo - this is standard market practice for almost everything these days! Games consoles, games, DVDs, CDs, music downloads - the UK gets shafted every time!
And there are two reasons why:
a. Because we're stupid enough to pay more than everyone else
b. Because our regulators are happy to let them and don't give a stuff.
You only need to ask yourself why an Apple iTunes download is 99p in the UK and 99c in the US. That's why I got myself a US iTunes account.

adqwerty

Do you think this is gonna be like the xbox saga last year where noone could get there hands on a console and the prices hit the roof?
Also if the price drops between now and launch date surley they cant charge you £180
Thanks
Adam

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule

biglugs wrote:

Don't blame Nintendo - this is standard market practice for almost everything these days!

Who else would you blame then, if not the companies that have created this 'standard market practice'?

Babbler

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/simpleSearch.do?pGroupID=-1&simpleSearchString=wii&primaryID=-1&btnSubmitSearch.x=33&btnSubmitSearch.y=8

HMV charging 50 quid per game as well...

martinmarv

ManAtHome wrote:

Join the rip-off queue here.... £113 in Japan, £132 in US, think of a number and double it in the UK.

Do note that in the UK and US, Nintendo are shipping the Wii with the Wii Sports collection of mini-games. So Japan and US are about even, and we're only being ripped off for £48 approx!
There is still no concrete answer on how region free it will be - Nintendo of America says it will be, while Nintendo UK have said it won't (but Nintendo UK said there would be no DS Lite just before it was announced).